Paid or Payed?

[happily single]

Twice today I've seen people type "payed" instead of Paid. Is Payed now the correct term? For example "Thank you to the person who payed for my lunch today".

 

[lynxstch]

In my book it's 'thank you to the person who paid for my lunch today."

 

[tvguy]

No it is not.
I checked three dictionaries, payed is not in them
Checked Microsoft Word, it says it is not a word and suggests paid.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Payed is a nautical term. Paid is the correct spelling.

 

[Marrila]

@CdnCarrie explained it.
Edit..I deleted my similar post.

 

[Genie+]

Payed is a nautical term. Paid is the correct spelling.

I learned this from a reddit bot lol

 

[_19disnA]

I have always used the term 'paid' and never heard of 'payed'. Looked around online and apparently the one is a nautical term as someone else mentioned.

 

[RedHead0186]

Yeah, definitely "paid."

 

[slo]

I’m a “paid” person

 

[kyton]

Just someone with bad spelling habits IMO - right up there with devine (which is my absolute pet hate)!

 

[prairie_girl]

Just someone with bad spelling habits IMO - right up there with devine (which is my absolute pet hate)!

Let’s not forget would/could/should of.

 

[nw6675]

Or take for granite...

 

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

Cool, calm, and collective is the one that drives me nuts but I suppose that is more of a “mis-saying” than a misspelling.

 

[amcnj]

Let’s blame it on spellcheckers!

 

[kyton]

Or “I pacifically said” instead of “I specifically said” however this is normally mispoken rather then incorrectly written.

 

[kymom99]

I could care less vs. I couldn’t care less

 

[VandVsmama]

Twice today I've seen people type "payed" instead of Paid. Is Payed now the correct term? For example "Thank you to the person who payed for my lunch today".

it's paid, not "payed."

 

[Mysterian]

Twice today I've seen people type "payed" instead of Paid. Is Payed now the correct term? For example "Thank you to the person who payed for my lunch today".

I’ve never seen this, and yes, on the surface it’s incorrect. However, devil’s advocate:

What if the nautical act of paying directly leads to providing lunch for another? “Thanks to the person who payed (their boat with tar, to seal up a gap, enabling them to set sail and catch a juicy fish) for my lunch today”?

Hip sea folk may just abbreviate such sentences by nature, which may seem alien to the rest of us. The salt folk are probably laughing at us now, calling us “landlubbers” and rolling their eyes. Fine, I’m not ashamed to admit defeat: Salt folk 1, Landlubbers 0.

 

[luvthatduke]

Lose vs. loose.
Buck naked vs. Butt naked.
Bald faced liar vs. Bold face liar.
Too many others to post.
But yes, it's paid.

 

[fab1976]

It’s like dinning vs dining…people use it all the time like it’s the right way to spell it.